Sanitary bed



' Julylil, 1939. "c, B. KANE SANITARY BED Filed Sept. 50, 1938 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

G O O 0 0,00 70010 01000A 0 00 0 0 0001) ihis invention lrelai'esto beds for invalids,Lin-:

ments insuch beds whereby'complete toilet accmodationsare A.provided for thefoccupant-so as toav'oidthe necessity of the occupantleaving the i lying above the upper edge of the slotv 2l)` and humanly 11,1939

, sANrraaY aan J Catherine B; Kane, Greenwich, Conn. `imputationseptember so, 193s, serial Nmzszssv iants, and thelike, and aimsto provide improve-'- "clean upper suriaceathe intervaloi-useot these f ltresswand the boxesfwhichprovide asupport i'orv partstwithout-requiring1cleaning,beinstherbr serting the same throughtheslot 20. Its length l doubledi 'Iheaboveandrotherf obiectsfwill becomeap-u. parentin thedescriptionbelow, in which chatel?- actersoi' reference-refer to like-namedy parts-'in eferringbrieilytothe'drawing ...pv Figure 1 is s planview or the'mattress.

"Figurez.isfa-fsidefelevational view ofthe mat- Figureisan end vview'of AIi'iure y j s f Referring in detail tothe drawing, thenumeral IB represents the mattress which is provided with a plurality of y spaced-apart openingsy II Y' which pass through the samey from the top `to the bottom of the mattress. At the center themat tress is provided witha'similarbut substantially larger opening I2. In the form of mattress. il-

lustrated, i. e., a' coil spxng mattress, lthe openings II pass through theenclosures of the coils Il. The outer shell `of the mattress.4 aswell as the linings ot the openings Il and I2, areproperly formed o! anysuitable waterproofed mr.-v

terial. l l f The bedstead, or' frame, has not Ibeen shown in the drawing, as a complete understanding of v the invention may"` readily be had without corn-v plicating the drawing unnecessarily by showing the bedstead. The mattress Ill is supported on a pluralityy of alignedboxes I4, vrI5, Il, whose combined area is equal to that of the mattress, and

` `through the upper and lower horizontal walls of ,Iny general, the invention aimsto' providesuch@` ajbedwhich willremain dry avenal lon'ginterval, and-whoseessentiai parts, may-be turned over. or," ,otberlworda reversed, .-so asfato present ynewfand tend from the end wall IS-to'ward the other end d v v l edge of the board. Theotherend box Il isidenf "slots being of the same dimensions as the wide `is further provided with a horizontal slot in one lthrough the lining 32. y vided for thelexcretion of feces by the occupant.'

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which, likewise, lie directly under the large lopening I2 through the mattress. g

The-end box I4 has irl its A'end wall I9 a narrow horizontal slot 20, and in its opposite end wall 2| a wide slot 22, the upper edge of thejslot 22 the loweredge of the slot 22 lying" below the lower edge of the slot 20; A corrugated sheet of 'card 'board 'orY other suitable inexpensive ma-y terial, 23, whose' corrugations or channels 24 `ex ,lil

wall 2i; is slidably mountedin the box I4 by in` is'such that, when pushed inall the way so that litsouteredge rests on the base of the slot 2 0, its innerfedg'e4 extends beyond the slot 22, withthe board 24 being supportedcn the baise of the slot 22`alon'g a lineadjacentv and parallel to the said outer edge of theI board. V`Ii' desired, to facilitate 'l I withdrawal of the board 23'through theslot 20120 and `to prevent the outer edge'oi the board from iallingthrough the slot 20,any suitable means such as tongues 2t may be provided on the router tical f but .complementary construction as "L the The mxdmescx is has a slot ze and 21 ums" end'walls 28- 'and 2l, respectively;` each Vci these slots 22 of the Vend boxes I4 and I5. The box II of its other vertical walls (although such slot may be provided in both.of said other vertical walls) that the edges of the boards 23 protrude into the enclosure of the pan.

The center opening I2 of the mattress is provided with an hourglass-shaped lining 22 of zinc ci other suitable strong but slightly yieldable material, the center of whichj has a peripheral bead I3 formed therein, extending into the opening The opening I2 is pro'- 45 who may be seated at that time on a separate annularcushion having a depending internal ilange 8 5. The latter, when the occupant is seated on the cushion, will be forced downward by his weight into the lining 32, andthe bead 23 serves as a limit-fV stop tothe downward movement oi' the ange -35 to prevent the cushion from being forced too far into the opening I2. Feces which are thus passed will '.all into the pan II. l

The passing of iluid excreta by the occupant is 55 done through any of the openings H. The surfaces of the mattress surrounding the openings I1 may be rounded, if desired. Such iiuid excreta will fall through the holes i1 onto the board 23,

which will catch the same and by gravity pass it face of the mattress now on top and with the former bottom surfaces of the boxes now providing the top surfaces thereof on which the mat-- tress rests. In the said reversing of the boxes,

the boards 23 will have turned on their outer` ends (in the slots 20) as a pivot, so that their inner ends will in the reversed position rest against what was formerly the top edge of the slot 22 but is now the bottom edge; thus, the inclination of the Vboards 23 toward the center box,

pan, will be the same as and, hence, toward the before. Obviously, modincations in form and structure may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a bed, means for supporting a perforated mattress comprising a pluralityv of hollow boxes mounted side by side and having a combinedv area equal tothe area of the mattress, said boxesY v wide slots in its end walls adjacent said end boxes,

having openings through their top and bottom walls, said boxes constituting a middle box and two end boxes, said middle box having a wide',

slot through each of its end vwa11s,said end boxes each having a wide slot through itsinner end wall` 1 aligned with one of .said middle `box slots andra narrow slot through its outer end wall,` boards slidably mounted in s aid end boxes and insertable through said end wall. slots thereof, said boards.

having their inner ends resting on the lower edges of their saidwide inner wall slots and projecting into said middle rbox, anda removable pan mount-` ed on the oor of said middle box.

2. In a bed, reversible boxes adapted to support. a perforated mattress, said boxes being placed.

end-to-end and comprising a middle box and a pair of end boxes the combi-ned area vof which.`

is substantially equal to that of. said-mattress.

jsaid middle box having a removable pan therein,

each of said boxes having a corrugated board slidably mounted therein, said end boxes having means for tilting said boards toward said center box when said boxes Vare in upright or reversed position, said boxes having their top and bottom Walls perforated.

3. In a bed, means for supporting a perforated mattress comprising a pair of reversible end boxes and amiddlebox therebetween, said middle boxv having wide slots in its end wallsadjacent said end boxes, said end boxes having slots of the Y wide slot of said end box lying below said upper edge of said end slot thereof, the upper edge of said wide slot of said Vend box lying above the upper edge of said narrow slot thereof, said board-thereby sloping toward said middle vbox, said end boxesupon` being turned upside down causing said boards to slope 'in the same direction, the top and bottom walls of said boxes being perforated. Y

4. In a bed, means -for supporting a perforated mattress comprising a .pair of end boxes Yand a middle box therebetween, -said middle box having said end boxes having slots of the same width as said rst-named slots Von their inner walls adjacent vsaid rst-named slots and narrow slots inthelr outer'walls, a corrugated board slidably supported in each of said end boxesfbetween theV lower edges of said narrow slot and Said wide slot of said end box, said lower edge of /aid wide slot of said endA box lying below said Aupper'fedge of said end slotthereof, the upper edge of said wide slot of` said end boxvlying above'the upper 'edge same width as said first-named slots on their inner walls adjacent said first-named slots and narrow of said narrow slot thereof, saidhboardthereby j slopingtoward said 'middle'box, v`said end boxesv -upon being turned upside down causing" said boards to slope in the same direction,l the'top and `bottom walls' oi' said boxes being perforated,l

and tongues on the outer edges of said boards. l

Y CA'I'HERINE B. KANE. 

